Weather-strip



PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. OSBOEN, DIE MOUN'T VERNON, ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-S'IRIP.

Specification cf Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Application fi1ed January 19, 1920. Seria1 N0. 352,280.

T 0 allwkom z't mag c0ncern Be it known that I, JAMES H. OSBORN, a citizen 0f the United States, residing at Mount- Vernon, in the county of J efierson und State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a weat-her strip, und ehe invention aims t0 provide novel means whereby When a door is swung to an open osition, a c10sure member will be elevated.

Another object 01 the invention is to pro vide novel means for hingedly connecting Ehe closure member Wit-h the door.

A further object of the invention is so to construct the closure member that the same will be he1cl in place seourely but hingedly upon thc carrier, the ends 0:E the groove in the door, wherein a portion of the carrier is mounted, being closed by the said member.

It is wit-hin the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices 01 that type to Which the invention appertains.

W'ith tbe above and other objects in view, Which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, witlv in the scope of what .is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment 01 the -invention shown can be made without departing frorn thc spirit of the invention.

In the accornpanying drawings Figu1e 1 is a vertical section taken tn1ough a (1001 equipped with the device forming the subject matter of this applicotion, the door jamb appearing in elevation, and the door being c1osed; Fig. 9 is 21 view simi1ar fo Fig. 1, the door being op en; Figz. 3 is a horizontal section takcn npproximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the c1osure 111cmber and the carrier. one of the wings of the closure member being bent out of normal position, and Fig. 5 is a section taken approximately on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

The numeral 1 marks a door frame including a base 2 und a jamb 3, the jamb 3 carrying a stop strip 4. A door 5 is united by hinges 6 t-o the jamb 3 and coperates with the st-op strip 4. A lifting block 7 fits against the ja1nb 3 and is hold 0n the base 2 y a securing element 8, the lifting block 7 hav1ng an inclined surface 9.

The invcntion includes a carrier 10, proferably in the form of a plate, bent intermcdiate its longitudinal edges to form an upstanding trough-shaped receiver 11. The p1ate 01' cmricr 10 is back bent upon itself at thc point of juncture between 011e Wall o1 the receiver 11 and one side Portion of the cnrrier, to form a lip 12 extended inward y with respcct to the receiver. The carrier o1 plate 10 may be provided with openings 11. The device includes a closure preferably in 1'he form of a plate, prov1c1cd at its ends With bendable wings 16. Along one 01 its longitudinal edges, between the wings 16, the closure 15 is bent to form a cuwed flange 17 located in the receiver 11 and coperating hingedly Wih the lip 12 01 the carrier 10. A groove 18 is formed in the lowe1 edqe of the door 5, the receiver 11 being located Wifhin thc groove 18, and the p1ate o1 carrier 10 being secured to the lower cdge of thc door 5 by attaching elements (not shown) extendecl through the open- 1ngs 14.

In practical operation 0ne of the wings 10 may be bcnt outwardly into alinement with the closurc 15 as shown at the 1igh band end 01 Fig. 1. The flange 17 01 fl1e rnember 15 may then be s1id into the receiver 11. to form hinged connection between the member 15 anc1 the, lip 12 o1 the part 10. The wing shown z1t ehe lower right band end of Fig. 1 may then be bent ab right angles to the part 15 and the wings 16 thus serve to prevent the flange 17 frorn sliding endwise out 01 tbe receiver 11.

1Vhen tbe door is swung to an open position, the dcpending closure 15 W111 ride along the inclined surface 9 of the lifting b1ock 7 an-d thus be raised, as indicated in Fig. 2. 1Vhen the (1001 is swung 130 a closed position, the part 15 will 1ide downwardly along the inclinecl surface 9 013 the block 7 and copemte with the base 2, as indicated in Fig. l, the construction, obviously, being such that a draft of air beneath the lower edgc 0f the door 5 Will be prevented. It is to be observed that the wings 16 serve not on]y to retain the closure 15 pivotally 01 hingedly connected with tho member 10, but, at the same time, the wings constitute elosures for the ends of the groove 18 in the lower edge 0f the door and give a finished mp ezarance to the structure aving thus described the what is claimed is In a devica 0f the dass described, a 0&1- rier plate provided W ith a trough-shaped receiver portion, the plate being bent upon itse1i at 011e oithe edges of said receiver portion to form a double-walled 1ip extended inwardly from said edge of the receiver portion; and a closure having a hook-shaped flarige locztted in said receiver portion und inverition extended abut the 1ip to form a hinged Q011- nection between the closure and the receiver portionthe c1osure 'having bendable end wings located at 1ight angles to ohe fiange und. copemting with the receiver portion to 1imit endwise movemenb of the closure and to.maintain the closure hingedly mounted 0n the receiver portior'1;

In testimony that 1 claim the fore going as my own, I have hereto a'fiix@d my signature in the' presence of two witnesses- 7 JAMES H. OSBORN. Witnesses:

URIE K. BANNER, NOR1\IAN'A.PIERCY. 

